Jerry L. Sanders Jr.

Jerry L. Sanders Jr. was Sheriff of Delaware County (D) from 2 January 2018.

Biography
Jerry L. Sanders Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he served as a sheriff's deputy before rising to the rank of Chief Inspector, retiring in 1995. He later became an associate minister at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Southwest Philadelphia, and he settled in Drexel Hill, Delaware County. In 2017, he was elected Sheriff of Delaware County, the first African-American sheriff and the first Democrat since 1934.